Measuring bottle or flask



(No Model.)

J. R. WHERRY & H. H. ROTTAKEN.

MBASURING BOTTLE 0R FLASK.

Patentd July 17, 1888.

@Nieren STATES Arsstr Ormes.

JOHN R. IVIIERRY AND HERBERT H. ROTTAKEN, OF LITTLE ROOK, ARKAN- SAS, ASSIGNOIS, BY DIRECT AND TO DEAN ADA MS, OF SAME PLACE,

MISSOURI.

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF AND HENRY SOIIIYIASEN, OF S'I. LOUIS,

MEASURING BOTTLE OR -FLASK.

SPECIFICATION forming pari'. of Letters Patent No. 386,418, dated July 17, 1.888.

Application filed August l1, 1857. Serial No. 216,706.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, JeunY It. XVHERRY and HnRnER'r II. Ro'r'rriknN, both of Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Measuring Bottles or Flasks, of which the following is a. full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom panying drawings, forming part of this speci- Io tication, and in which- AFigure I is a side elevation of our improved bottle or flask. Fig. II is an edge view, part in section. Fig. IIIis a vertioalsection. Fig. IV is a side eleation showing the bottle or I5 flask tilted, and showing it partbroken away,

the covering-plate of the register being removed. Fig. V isa section taken through the register on line V V, Fig. I.

Our invention consists in featn res of novelty 2o hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring` to the drawings, l represents the body of the bottle or ilask, and 2 the neck. These parts ma)v be made in any desired shape 0r form.

3 represents a plug, of metal or other suitable material, in the neck 2, and which is pro vided with a nozzle, 4i, connnunieating with a port, 5, in the plug. (See Fig. III.) Secured 3o to the plug and comi'nunicating with the port 5 is a tube, (S, which preferably extends to near the bottom ofthe bott-le or llask and eonnects with a diaphragm or partition, 7, extending nearly across the lower part of the flask a short distance from the bottom, leaving a chamber, 8, between the diaphragm and the bottom of the flask or bottle. The tube 6 communicates with the chamber 8 at one end of the diaphragm, and there is a space, 9, left at 4o the other end, through which the liquid passes from the main part of the bottle into the chamber 8.

l0 l1 represents aherizontally-divided valveehamber, of metal or other suitable material,

on the upper end of the plug 3, the chamber being divided vertically into two parts by the seat l2 of the valve. he nozzle 4 and lower half of the valve-chamber are formed on the (No model.)

plug, and the upper halfof the valve-chamber is soldered to the lower half of the chamber.

' 13 represents the valve locatei'l in the part l() of the chamber. and having a stem, 1i, extending into the chamber ll.

l5 represents vent-holes in the wall of the part l0 ofthe chamber, and 16 represents a ball 55 in the part ll of the chamber.

17 represents a port extcmling from the part ll ofthe chamber through the plug, and communicating with the interior of the bottle or flask.

It will be observed on referring to Fig. III that the part l1 of the chamber is largest at its outer end and its interior tapers toward the inner end or toward the valve.

1S represents a register, of any approved 6 5 form, secured to one side of the bottle, the bottle preferably having an inwardly-extending portion, 1 9, to receive the register, as shown in Fig. V. The register has an outer covering-plate, 20, (shown removed in Fig. IV,) 7o through which are openings or holes 2l, to exhibit the numbers of the register, as shown in Figs. I and V.

22 (see dotted lines, Fig. I) represents a weighted arm pivoted at 23, and which is pro- 7 5 vided with a pawl or dog, 2i, engaging one of the wheels of the register. Each time the bottle is moved into the position shown in Fig. IV the arm swings out of the vertical plane and the pawl turns the disk or wheel with So which it engages, thus operating the register, and when the bottle is moved back to a vertical position the arm swings back to a vertical line, causing the paw-l to engage the next tooth on the disk.

The operation is as fellows: In filling the bottle the liquid is forced in through the nozzle 4 and tube 6 until the bottle is iilled'or partly filled. As the liquid enters, the airescapes through the port I7, valve 13, and vent- 9o holes l5, the pressure oi' the air opening the valve against the pressure ofa spring,25,which tends to hold it closed. As long as there is any liquid inthe body of the bottle, the chamber S of course is filled', and each time this g5 chamber is emptied the register indicates that a bottle is turned into the position shown in Fig.

IV, and the liquid passes out through the tube 6 and nozzle 4, and it will be understood that only the liquid that is in the chamber 8 will run out Without again moving the bottle into its upright position. The air is allowed to enter the bottle or flask as the liquid escapes through the vent-holes l5,valve 3, and port 17, the valve being opened this time by the ball 16.rolling against the stem or extension 14 of vthe valve and forcing the valve back against the pressure of the spring 25. The lball will d of course roll toward the valve when the bottle is tipped, as stated, and when the bottleis brought back to a vertical position the ball will roll back tothe position shown in Fig. III, allowing the valve to be closed by the spring 25. When the' bottle is tipped to the position shown in Fig. IV to pour out the liquid, the weighted arm 22 of the register moves the disks, as stated, thus indicating that liquid has been taken from the bottle, and as the liquid taken is only the amount contained in the chamber 8 it will be understood that the register will show how many times the chamber has been emptied, and` consequently how much liquid there has been taken from the bottle or liask.

rI`his device is applicable to bar use, and is f particularly intended in such use for the retail of fine liquors, for the reason that it registers the amount of liquid taken fromthe bottle or flask, thus indicating to the proprietor (through means of the register) .the amount taken out, which should correspond with the cash received.

To prevent any attempt to remove the liquid through the tube and nozzle Without tilting the bottle in the direction Vshown in Fig. IV, (so as to prevent the working of the register,) we bend the tube 6, as shown in Figs. II and III, so that if it is attempted to remove the liquid by tipping the bottle or flask in any other direction than thatindioated in Fig. IV the bends in the tube will form traps, pre` venting the flow of the liquid.

In order to have the end of the diaphragm (at the space 9) quite or almost in line with the wall of the iiask or bottle above it, so that no liquid will enter the chamber 8 after the bottle has commenced to be tipped, we form an extension, 30, on the bottle or fiask at the end of the diaphragm. (See Figs. I, III, and IV.)l

We claim as our invention- 1. A bottle or flask having apartition forming a measuringchamber at the bottom, an inlet to said chamber at one side, and a discharge-pipe connected to the chamber at the opposite side, substantially as described.

2. A bottle or flask having a partition forniing a measurin g-chamber, an inlet to said chamber at one side, an outlet to said chamber at the opposite side, a plug having a port, and a pipe connecting the outlet with the port, substantiall y as described.

3. A bottle or flask having apartition forniing a measuring-chamberat the bottom, an inlet to said chamber at one side, an outlet to said chamber at the opposite side, a plug having a port, and a pipe connecting the outlet with the port, said pipe having bends, substantially as described.

4. A bottle or fiask having a partition forming a measuring-chamber at the bottom, an inlet to said chamber at one side, an outlet to said chamber at the oppositp side, a plug having a liquid-port and an air port, and a pipe connecting the liquid-port with the outlet,substantially as described.

5. A bottle or Hask having a. partition forn'r ing a measuring-chamber at the bottom, an inlet to said chamber, and an extension at one side of the partition, and an outlet and a dis charge pipe at the opposite side of the chamber, substantially as described.

JOHN R. WHERRY. HERBERT H. ROT'IAKEN.

In presence of CHAs. H. SoHUssLER, A. GALLAGHER. 

